Compendium of Cotton Diseases (APS Compendium of Plant Disease Series)

Compendium of Cotton Diseases, Second Edition provides practical, up-to-date information on the diagnosis and control of cotton diseases worldwide. This new edition begins with an overview of the origin and evolution of cultivated cotton and a description of the growth and development of the plant, which is fundamental in disease diagnosis and effective management strategies. Expanded disease sections include detailed pathogen descriptions, characteristic symptoms that occur, the disease cycle, and control information. Includes twice as many color photographs as the first edition.

Additional improvements include:
-greater attention to noninfectious disorders, including nutritional disorders, herbicide injury and toxicity, and environmental stresses.
-sections on common disease interactions, host plant resistance to pathogens, and general principles of disease management in integrated production systems.

This useful reference is ideal for growers, crop consultants, researchers, extension agents, students, teachers, libraries, and anyone who works with cotton.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Origin and Diversity of Cotton; Development of the Cotton Plant; Cotton Diseases and Their Causal Agents; Part 1. Infectious Diseases; Cottonseed Losses and Mycotoxins; Seed Deterioration; Aflatoxin; Other Toxins; Planting Seed; Seedling Diseases; Diseases Caused by Pythium Species; Diseases Caused by Rhizoctonia solani; Black Root Rot; Diseases Caused by Fusarium Species; Occasional Seedling Disease Problems; Control of Seedling Diseases; Foliar Diseases; Leaf Spots; Alternaria Leaf Spot; Cercospora Leaf Spot; Ascochyta Blight; Stemphylium Leaf Spot; Other Foliar Diseases Rusts; Southwestern Cotton Rust; Tropical Cotton Rust; Tumblegrass Rust; Stem and Root Diseases; Fusarium Wilt; Verticillium Wilt; Phymatotrichum Root Rot; Charcoal Rot (Ashy Stem); Other Stem and Root Diseases; Season-Long Diseases; Anthracnose; Bacterial Blight; Boll Rots; Nematodes; Root-Knot Nematodes; Reniform Nematodes; Lance Nematodes; Sting Nematodes; Nematode-Fungal Interactions; Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases; Virus Diseases of Cotton; African Cotton Mosaic; Cotton Anthocyanosis (Vermelh ao or Reddening Disease); Cotton Blue Disease; Cotton Leaf Crumple; Cotton Leaf Curl Diseases; Cotton Yellow Vein Disease (Texas Cotton Vein-Clearing); Terminal Stunt Disease of Cotton; Phytoplasma Diseases; Flavescence; Flower Virescence and Phyllody; Psyllosis; Small Leaf; Diseases of Unknown Etiology; Bronze Wilt; Bacterial Stunt of Cotton; Part II. Abiotic Disorders; Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxicities; Environmental Disorders of the Cotton Crop; Water-Related Stresses; Temperature-Related Stresses; Plant Disorders; Soil Disorders; Miscellaneous Factors; Herbicide Injury; Part 3. Disease Management; Disease Control in Production Systems; Factors to Consider in Planning Disease and Nematode Management Programs; Preplanting Decisions; Planting; Crop Monitoring and Disease Assessment; Postharvest Management and Planning for the Next Season; Nematode Resistance; Resistance to Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens